Speech Language Pathologist II Part Time Pediatrics

Pay Range

Position Highlights:

• Location: Lexington North Carolina
• Part Time

What Youll Need:

• Current license in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the American Speech Language and Hearing Association.
• Candidate must have SLP-CCC.

What Youll Do:

• Performs comprehensive professional evaluation of patients of all ages referred for differential diagnosis of communicative or swallowing disorders. Selects and administers evaluation instruments that are appropriate for the patients age developmental level cognitive function and reason for referral.
• Ensures patient and/or family education regarding communication or swallowing deficits and treatment options. Provides counseling to patient and extended family relative to recommendations and treatment options.
• Plans and conducts treatment programs for patients with speech language voice and/or swallowing impairments. Develops individual short term and long-term treatment goals. Implements plans to achieve treatment goals modifying therapy strategies as necessary to maximize progress.
• Provides and participates in in-service education and training of speech pathology interns and fellows medical students/residents and allied medical personnel. Prepares and presents formal lectures to physicians nurses educators and others on communication and/or swallowing disorders. Provides unique training for speech pathology graduate interns who are assigned to the department for clinical practicum training. Participates in in-service education programs to ensure proficiency and skills in current techniques for the evaluation and treatment of patients.
• Continuously seeks to improve patient care services and evaluates opportunities to develop new services. Coordinates and prioritizes the patient caseload to ensure that all patient services are rendered efficiently to minimize delays in diagnosis or therapeutic intervention. Provides patient services in a manner which maximizes efficiency efficacy and quality without need for continuous supervision.
• Evaluates options for augmentative/alternative communication and recommends and/or fits appropriate devices or prostheses to meet patient needs as applicable.
• Ensures that age/developmentally appropriate patient care is provided in accordance with Age-Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
• Ensures the ongoing assessment maintenance and continual improvement of staff competence related to age-specific needs of patients.
• Adequate performance on financial/budget expectations. Meets productivity target consistently each year.
• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills interpersonal relationships and team building.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program